The Columbiana Exempted Village School District will be on a two hour delay today, February 9th. Transportation and scheduled start times will be delayed by two hours.
Attention Bus Riders: There is a train stopped on tracks causing a delay in transportation. Please be patient today. All bus riders will not be marked tardy. Thank you.
CMS: Reminder that Columbiana Middle School Conferences are tomorrow (2/3) evening from 2:45-8:45. Please contact the office at 330-482-5354 for an appointment to stop in or to make arrangements for a virtual/Zoom conference.
Have a great day & Go Clips!
Transportation: Bus 12 route is running late today due to mechanical issues. Expect 15 minutes plus delay for anyone who rides bus 12. Also expect a different bus in its place today. Thank you.
The Columbiana Exempted Village Schools will be closed tomorrow, Monday, February 1st due to impending weather and current conditions. A new notification will be sent in the event that evening activities are also canceled.
DISTRICT: Due to a fire on/near Pittsburgh Street we will not be able to drop some bus riders off this afternoon. In these cases, we are reaching out to parents to arrange alternate transportation for the day.
Please anticipate some delays in busing this afternoon.
To further complicate things, our school phones appear to be down as well. Please email building principals or secretaries with any messages this afternoon if you cannot reach us by phone.
Thank you have a great day & Go Clips!
District, CHS, CMS, Transportation
Attention anyone traveling to or from the CHS/CMS campus after school: The Pittsburgh street railroad crossing is closed temporarily, causing slower than normal traffic. Travel should be re-routed to avoid the Pittsburgh Street crossing. Thank you.
District Reminder:
Please complete the following technology survey if you haven't already done so. The survey needs to be completed for each student in the district in order to assist us in submitting state data and plan for the future.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/coextech
The survey only takes a minute or two. We are asking that surveys be completed by today, Friday, January 22.
Have a great day and Go Clips!
Just a reminder to all families that ODE has extended the free breakfast and lunch program to all students attending schools for the remainder of the 2020-2021 academic year. Traditional, in-person students can simply stop into our cafeterias for breakfast and lunch. Remote students may email tina.minamyer@columbianaschools.org for more information.
Have a great day & Go Clips!
Dixon/CMS:
If you have borrowed a chromebook/device during remote learning and have returned to traditional in-person learning, please return the device as soon as possible to avoid an invoice for the device.
Thank you, have a great day and Go Clips!
DISTRICT: Please complete the following technology survey for each student in the district in order to assist us in submitting state data and plan for the future.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/coextech
We are asking that surveys be completed by this Friday, January 22.
Thank you and Go Clips!
Hello Clipper Community - Please open the link below for our Return to the Classroom information.
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1074471/RETURN_TO_THE_CLASSROOM_JANUARY_19.pdf
January Restart for Classes Communication:
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1057842/December_Communications_Letter_Dec_23__2020.pdf
Dixon: If you signed up to receive breakfast and/or lunch this week, we've prepared them for you each day. Unfortunately, we've had a lot of breakfast/lunches unclaimed at the end of each day. Please come pick them up today between 2pm-4pm. If you no longer wish to receive them, please notify the Dixon office by noon today. 330-482-5355
The Columbiana School District will be closed, Thursday, December 17th due to weather. This will be the district's second calamity day. There will not be remote learning for the calamity day. South Side Middle School "Pilot Group" will report in person on Friday to school.
Evening activities may be cancelled. Any cancellations will be posted on the web-page live feed and a notification will be sent.
Thank you and have a nice evening.
Bus 6 will be running a bit late this evening (12/16/2020).
Have a great evening & Go Clips!
Good morning Joshua Dixon families! We're working hard to get remote learning packets in your hands today for the remainder of this week. Please stop by the school between 2pm-4pm today or 8am-4pm W-F to pick them up from the bins in the main entrance. In addition, if you'd like your child to receive breakfast and lunch today through Friday, please contact your child's teacher by noon today indicating as such. These will be labeled with your child's name and ready for pick up in the main entrance today from 2pm-4pm and W-F 8am-4pm. Stay well and Happy Holidays! Please email marci.freedy@columbianaschools.org with questions or concerns
Joshua Dixon Elementary Parent and Staff Message:
The Joshua Dixon Elementary staff has had 13 people impacted by quarantines through close contacts or positive COVID19 tests. These quarantines and positive cases began Sunday and continued through today. Unfortunately, we are unable to continue face to face learning at the elementary building in grades PreK-4. All education for Joshua Dixon must go remote effective tomorrow, Tuesday, December 15th. We apologize for the late notice and truly appreciate the patience of our school parents during this difficult transition in the middle of the week.
Elementary teaching staff, not in quarantine, should report to the building to prepare remote learning lessons. All positive COVID19 cases are listed on the district web-page.
Thank you,
Donald Mook, Ed. D.
Good morning! Bus # 2 may be delayed in getting students home from Dixon after school today, 12/11/20. The delay could potentially be up to 30 mins. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we do our best to navigate these changes with minimal disruptions to our families.
Next week begins our hybrid schedule for Joshua Dixon Elementary and South Side Middle School’s students. This instructional format is based on the increasing number of cases within the community, our student population and Columbiana staff. Five of the six student cases at South Side Middle have been in the eighth grade. Eighth grade students have been remote since before the Thanksgiving Break through today. The remote format for eighth graders has permitted the appropriate amount of time to mitigate any possible spread at the building. Next week, the majority of eighth grade students will have been released from quarantine and will rejoin the other students at South Side Middle School in the hybrid format. Joshua Dixon Elementary School has a similar circumstance with most cases happening at one grade level. Three of the four positive cases are in the fourth grade. The structure of the elementary schedule and seating arrangement has lent itself to limited quarantines and no exposure event as a result of positive cases. Additionally, the self-quarantining actions of parents have minimized exposure events. The hybrid format is designed to maximize the distance between students and staff during our in-person instruction and minimize the possibilities of quarantines in the event that someone attending school has a positive case.
We would like to thank those parents who were proactive when family COVID19 symptoms began by keeping their children home. The COVID19 symptoms, in most scenarios, led to a positive case, but the proactive actions of some parents eliminated the possible spread at school. The staff and other Clipper families appreciate your awareness and insight to mitigating this disease. These actions limit others from unnecessary quarantines due to close contact guidelines and eliminate potential exposures.
We will evaluate the spread of this disease in our school community and the type of instructional formats we have employed to date in order to best meet the needs of everyone moving forward. We appreciate your patience and partnership during the disease’s insurgence in our community.
Our updated numbers will continue to be on the district website for you to follow: https://www.columbiana.k12.oh.us/article/337671